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D. CAVANAUGH.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26,1914.

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DENNIECAVANAUGH, OF PORTLAND, OREGON, JASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ED HALSETH, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

HOOK.

Application filed March 26, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DENNIE CAVANAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hooks, and more particularly to safety hooks, such as butt .hooks and choke hooks, and the like.

c .quickly and conveniently manipulated in hooking or unhooking the hook; and to provide a hook of the character referred to having no projections or parts likely to catch the brush and under-growth as it is pulled over the ground in the woods or elsewhere.

In order that others may understand my invention, I have shown two slightly different modifications thereof on the accompanying sheet of drawings which I will now describe.

Figure 1 is a side view of one form of the invention; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. l; and Fig. a is a sectional View on line all of Fig. 1.

Referring first toFigs. 1 and 2, the body of the hook I have designated as 1, the clevis or attaching loop thereof, as 2, and a latch or locking device, as 3, the latter being shown in closed position in full lines, Fig. l, and in opened position in dotted lines. The clevis or attaching loop 2 is hingedly attached to the body of the hook, as by means of a pin, or member, 4, extending transversely through the eye of the hook, sub

stantially as indicated. The latch or locking device comprises a short arm or member mounted at one end upon the pin l, with its opposite end adapted to be moved into and out of engagement with the end of the hook, said latch or locking device having a receiving pocket or socket, as at 5, adapted to fit over the end 1 of the hook 1, when closed. Mounted in the side of the latch member 3, is a holding member or lever 6, pivotally Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 827,511.

mounted as at 7, with its outer surface preferably flush with the outer surface of the latch 33. On its inner side, at one end,said lever 6 is provided with a holding lug, as 8, adapted to en 'age with the end of the hook, Fig. 3, to prevent said latch or looking member from being opened. Mounted under the opposite end of said lever, within the latch body, is a spring 9, for normally holding said lever 6 in its holding position. Thus, before the latch 3 can be moved away from the hook end, the lever or member 6 must be pressed with the thumb or finger, as said latch is grasped by the hand, whereupon said latch member can be moved away from engagement with the hook end. The end of the hook may be slightly beveled at one side, as at 1, whereby to permit the latch member 3 to be pressed into closed position without pressing the lever 6, as will be understood. The lug S is also shown as slightly beveled to facilitate this automatic adjustment of the parts as the latch is pressed into the closed position. Thus it will be seen that it is only necessary, in order to open the hook, to clasp the latch 3, between the thumb and fingers, and so as to press inwardly upon the flat rounded end of said lever 6, and then move the holding latch away from the hook end, as will be readily understood, whereupon the hook can be hooked into a chain, on to a cable, or other thing, as desired.

It will be evident from the illustrations of the invention here shown, that the hook cannot be accidentally disengaged from its chain or cable. It is also evident that there are no projecting parts to catch on the brush or other things, when the hook is used in the woods.

I am aware that slight changesv can be made in the invention as here illustrated without departing from the spirit thereof, and I do not, therefore, limit the invention to the particular forms here shown, exceptas I may be limited by the hereto appended claim.

I claim:

A hook of the character shown and described and comprising a hook having an eyelet at one end and a reduced end portion at its hooked end, a latch member pivotally connected at one end by means of a pin through said eyelet, and at its other end adapted to fit over the reduced end of said Patented Feb. c, 1917. l

hook, whereby to inclose the same, said latch the hook when said latch is closed, whereby member swinging in the plane of said hook, to prevent the opening of said latch, sub- 10 and a pivotedndog set in a slide pf the 1llatclh stantially as shown and described.

member ara e1 to one site 0 tie 00 whereby ds said latch member is gripped DENNIE CAVANAUGH' between the thumb and finger by its opposite Witnesses:

sides, said dog maybe depressed, said dog he J. G. STRENG,

ing adapted to engage the reduced end of ALFRED P. DOBSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

